US States — Patent Rankings 2017

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

Rank State Patents Inventors Cities
1 California 135,034 60,394 723
2 Texas 29,297 15,389 534
3 New York 28,835 12,278 833
#4 Washington 25,825 12,901 243
#5 Massachusetts 25,017 13,044 375
#6 Michigan 19,637 9,630 486
#7 Illinois 15,589 8,424 544
#8 Minnesota 14,367 7,066 375
#9 New Jersey 13,899 7,092 503
#10 Pennsylvania 13,416 7,529 703
#11 Ohio 12,623 7,013 529
#12 Florida 11,676 6,592 340
#13 North Carolina 11,290 5,755 308
#14 Oregon 10,606 4,319 139
#15 Colorado 8,966 5,006 158
#16 Arizona 8,038 3,883 79
#17 Wisconsin 7,615 4,437 376
#18 Georgia 7,353 4,055 230
#19 Connecticut 7,306 3,711 212
#20 Indiana 6,673 3,552 320
#21 Virginia 6,100 3,454 263
#22 Maryland 5,632 3,610 233
#23 Utah 4,558 2,538 137
#24 Missouri 3,583 2,250 237
#25 Tennessee 3,241 1,989 196
#26 South Carolina 3,168 1,719 153
#27 New Hampshire 3,046 1,614 174
#28 Iowa 2,999 1,748 287
#29 Kansas 2,174 1,194 140
#30 Kentucky 1,988 1,194 152
#31 Nevada 1,934 1,056 29
#32 Idaho 1,795 925 78
#33 Oklahoma 1,614 964 115
#34 New Mexico 1,484 919 53
#35 Vermont 1,372 583 85
#36 Alabama 1,328 865 137
#37 Rhode Island 1,101 604 52
#38 Delaware 1,099 672 31
#39 Louisiana 1,006 697 109
#40 Nebraska 890 552 80
#41 Maine 747 445 124
#42 Arkansas 737 485 87
#43 District of Columbia 494 308 1
#44 Mississippi 450 305 70
#45 Montana 447 282 52
#46 Hawaii 358 197 37
#47 West Virginia 340 235 68
#48 South Dakota 333 228 60
#49 North Dakota 316 195 45
#50 Wyoming 305 161 30
#51 Puerto Rico 92 66 23
#52 Alaska 91 77 16
#53 Guam 14 1 1
#54 Virgin Islands 11 8 3

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